“When I first opened[...]De Incarnatione I soon discovered by a very simple test that I was reading a masterpiece. I knew very little Christian Greek except that of the New Testament and I had expected difficulties. To my astonishment I found it almost as easy as Xenophon; and only a master mind could, in the fourth century, have written so deeply on such a subject with such classical simplicity. Every page I read confirmed this impression. [...]The translator knows so much more Christian Greek than I that it would be out of place for me to praise her version. But it seems to me to be in the right tradition of English translation. I do not think the reader will find here any of that sawdusty quality which is so common in modern renderings from the ancient languages.”—“INTRODUCTION”

CONTENTS

Introduction Translator’s Preface The Life of St. AthanasiusTHE INCARNATION OF THE WORD OF GOD I. Creation and the Fall II. The Divine Dilemma and its Solution in the Incarnation III. The Divine Dilemma and its Solution in the Incarnation—continued IV. The Death of Christ V. The Resurrection VI. Refutation of the Jews VII. Refutation of the Gentiles VIII. Refutation of the Gentiles—continued IX. Conclusion Appendix: The Letter of St. Athanasius to Marcellinus on the Interpretation of the Psalms